Saturday 2 February 2013 07.02 EST
First published on Saturday 2 February 2013 07.02 EST

Dieu Nalio Cherry took a remarkable set of photographs of snake handler Saintilus Resilus during pre-Lenten Carnival celebrations in Petionville, Haiti. Here, he talks to his assistants as they get ready to perform

Gale force winds blow sea foam over damaged caravans in Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia. About 2,000 people have been cut off by floodwaters as ex-tropical cyclone Oswald moved slowly across the Queensland border

On the first day of the lunar new year, a woman in a panda costume has her ticket checked at Beijing before heading to Cangzhou. The woman said dressing up would help her feel the special atmosphere of the holiday

A man dressed as a 'Momotxorro', a natural entity made of bones and sheep skin, walks to carnival in the Basque village of Zubieta. It is one of the most ancient carnivals in Europe, dating back to before the Roman empire

A regular to this gallery, Kevin Frayer was at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, India, photographing thousands of Kashmiri Muslims offering prayers at the shrine, which houses a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad

Bahraini Shia Muslim women gather for a demonstration against the death of a child in the village of Daih. The child, Qassim Habib Marzooq, died in hospital after respiratory complications. His relatives claim his death is due to the inhalation of teargas fired by riot police